Lord Venaar has what he needs, Can Liana and Renn rescue Kara from his clutches, and can the Jedi help fend off the coming storm, or will our heroes be abandoned, left to stand alone against the coming night?

((Note: The previous five episodes of Knights of the Old Rpublic: Outcasts can be found through Starwarsfanworks.com))

Episode Six Cast (in order of appearance):

Narrator: Nathan P. Butler
Aeron Rhade: Hazen Nester
Aeron's Master: Nathan P. Butler
Renn Falani: Jim Perry
Liana: Catherine Rinella
B4: Devin Cox
Master Quinn: Melissa D. Johnson, a.k.a. Mippa
Master D'yarn: Aaron Manns
Kara Tao Vanden: Sarah Moore
Sith Guards: Devin Cox
Sith Bridge Officer: James Wadsworth
Captain Hyridan: Andrew Gilbertson
Lord Venaar: Nathan P. Butle
Human Senator: Garreth Bowley
Rodian Senator's translator: Devin Cox
General Resh: Jim Perry
Carth Onassi: Devlin James

Episode Six Crew:

Original Story: Jenna Wilson and Devin Cox
Script writer: Devin Cox
Technical Director/Chief Engineer: Devin Cox

Credit Where It's Due:

-Star Wars created by George Lucas
-Knights of the Old Republic created by Dark Horse Comics/Bio Ware/Obsidian Entertainment
-All music for Episode Six of Outcasts composed by John Williams for both Star Wars trilogies, aside from the BGM for Carth's speech, which is darn from a symphonic album based on the anime "Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny" (phew!). At least that track was also performed by the London Symphony Orchestra...
-All sound effects and other foley from public domain or royalty free sources found online.

Audio Drama Vs. Short Story: What was done and why...

-Episode Six is the second half of Chapter Six with a lot of new material. Mostly scenes featuring the Jedi. Aron's arrival on Solara, his report and his conversation with them en route to Corruscant are all either new material, or new takes on original scenes.
- Music in this episode was very important. Beyond the use of the "Return of the Jedi" theme for Kara's escape, you may notice a familiar theme used for the reunion scene, it's the same music we used to establish the feeling of Kara's farm. I like the idea of reinforcing the idea of the Wanderer as Kara's home now.
- Back when Jen and I were witting the original story, I was listening to a lot of the vocal music and BGM from "Gundam Seed" and it informed a lot of the scenes in the later chapters. The song that inspired Kara's armor and lightsaber upgrade was called "Vestige," Kara's line about a vestige of Selene going with her is an intentional nod. Music from the anime also found it's way into the scene in the Republic Senate...
- I love how Aeron matures in this episode. Hazen really, REALLY rocked.
-Jim Perry is the world's biggest Carth Onassi fanboy. I wish I'd known that before casting Carth ^^;;
-Appologies for Kara's stomach...

Links:

The Outcasts Webpage:
http://dev.starry-night.com/outcasts

Forward Momentum Productions Website:
http://forwardmomentumproductions.com

Star Wars Fan Works: a great repository of links to audio dramas, radio shows and parodies.
http://www.starwarsfanworks.com/index.html

Galactic Senate: A Star Wars forum with a large fan audio section
http://galacticsenate.com/

Kotor Fan Media: Another great site with tons of fanfic and fanart from both games
http://www.kotorfanmedia.com/

-See you at Episode Seven, the series finale!

(An earlier version of this promo was released today with different music attached, this version amends the 'it's hopeless, let's get happy' feeling of the earlier effort. FMP apologizes for any inconvenience of having to get this twice)

Based on the classic anime "Space Cruiser Yamato" ("Star Blazers" in North America) Sea of Stars is set fifteen years after the conclusion of the series.

After the conquest of Earth by the Comet Empire, humanity faces an even graver threat, when our Imperial Overlords send a massive fleet to Earth in order to sterilize the planet.

It's up to a new generation of Star Force members and the recontructed battleship, Argo, to prevent the extermination of the human race and free us all from the iron heel of Comet Emperor Jahmorta.

Sea of Stars will run six regular episodes (along with a special "Episode Zero" primer on the events of the original series) and willbe released Summer, 2009.

Promo Credits:
Narrator: Mark "the Encaffeinated ONE" Kilfoil
Music Source: Original BGM Collection, Space Cruiser Yamato vol. 2
Music Editor: Jim Perry
Director: Devin Cox

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Disclaimer:
Sea of Stars are non-profit fan productions produced for the enjoyment of the fans. All rights to "Star Blazers" "Uchuu Senkan Yamato" or any other copyrighted materials herein, including any unoriginal music and sound effects, are reserved to their original creators. No infringing claims are intended.

News about upcoming and current releases from Forward Momentum Productions.

This time, we talk about Outcasts, the new project Sea of Stars and a few of the goofier aspects of MacGyvering together an audio drama.

Contest time! Can you identify the opening music? First correct answer gets a no-prize!

Send answers and all other feedback to the auditions submission address located on the website.

-Dev, the Duct Tape Bandit